Flight Period: South - June - October - univoltine : Elsewhere - July - early October - univoltineHabitat: WoodlandSimilar Species -

Ypsolopha ustella (Clerck, 1759)

Larva: Larva feeds on leaves of host plant beneath a silken webObservations: The moths forewings are orangey brown or light brown, sometimes unicolorous, with a white wedge shaped costal streak which which extends to half the length of forewing. The unicolorous form can be confused with the same form of Y.ustella but does not have the white form with coastal streak. Concolorous forms of Y.ustella have same colour head,whereas this moth has a white or pale yellowish brown head with short whites streak behind eyes and white thorax.Moth is attracted to light.

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